The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Southern Company Services, Inc, (SoCo) to design and integrate a battery energy storage system (BESS) in an existing building and creating a distributed energy management system (DERMS) to link to existing distributed energy resources (DERs) with building loads.
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February 17, 2026
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Southern Company Services, Inc, (SoCo) to design and integrate a battery energy storage system (BESS) in an existing building and creating a distributed energy management system (DERMS) to link to existing distributed energy resources (DERs) with building loads. Proposed DOE award activities would include data collection and analysis, integration of a BESS, development of a DERMS, and functionality testing of the connected grid system within the building.